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The guru-shishyaas... Monk and the young thirteen year old nuns at #GoldenPagoda #Namsai #ArunachalPradesh The #Theravada Buddhism is the most ancient order still practiced in some pockets of Arunachal Pradesh. The monks study ancient language #Pali in scriptures and chant hymns to begin the day. #travelpics #travelstories #travelstagram #astonishingindia #indiastories #indiagram #ig_shot #ig_india

#Nature is a gift that we depend upon... WE WON'T BE A SOCIETY IF WE DESTROY ENVIRONMENT. Everything is interlinked; from bees to birds to marine animals to birds to land animals and ultimately man. A slight imbalance is going to hurt human kind the most. Nature has created everything to strike a perfect balance... Insects become food for birds... Small birds to bigger birds... Fish clean up the ocean; whales eat the fish to balance...release oxygen... herbivores are controlled by preying carnivores.... Man is the only being which only consumes... Without giving back anything to nature... Dalai Lama- "It is our collective and individual responsibility to preserve and tend to the world in which we live" All it takes is just a little bit of TENDER LOVING CARE towards the environment, ecology... Just a bit of #mindfulness #controlledconsumption of #naturalresources #conservenature #tlc #velas @mtdc_official #lonelyplanet #environment #wildlifephotography #nature #travelpix #travelstagram #travelstories #indiapics #indiagram #ig_india #ig_shot

It takes NOTHING to join the crowd... It takes EVERYTHING to stand alone.... #velas #solo #bench #forest @mtdc_official #ig_india #ig_shot #fodorsonthego #Maharashtra #storiesofindia #indiapics #indiagram #travelpix #tranquil #travelstories

Early morning at #corbettnationalparkindia Park, the first in Asia. There is more to a forest than tiger. The bird songs, the fresh air and flora and fauna which city dwellers hardly see. I didn't see the big cat but yet I enjoyed the misty cold morning. The flitting colorful birds, spotted deer, barking deer, hyenas and elephants all made up for missing the tiger. I even learned names of variety of trees.. A favourite of elephants is tree with red berries #mallotusphilippensis also called #rohini tree in India. Then there was a crocodile bark tree and Indian Coral tree. Woodpeckers, owls and emerald doves showed up in the thick foliage.... So much to see really. #travel #travelstories #instatravel #storiesofindia #forests #travelstagram #kumaon #fiftyshades_of_nature_ #fodorsonthego #incredibleindia #lonelyplanet

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#LaxmiVilasPalace of Gaekwad kings of #vadodara where the descendant family still resides claims to be four times the size of Buckingham palace. With 150rooms, banquet halls, art galleries, armory display and 18 hole golf course this heritage structure in Vadodara is one beautiful example of Indo-Sarcenic Revival Architecture. @gujarattourism #incredibleindia #travelpix #travelstories #travelstagram #Gujarat #architecture #storiesofindia #heritage #indiapics #indiagram

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First story of 2019 in @indianexpress #mattupongal #tamilnadu #brihadeshwaratemple #instapic #instatravel #travelstories #storiesofindia #festivalofindia

With a concept of salt mound this museum, largest in India and one of its kind, is a tribute to #Gandhi and his vision and tireless efforts towards freedom of India. The salt march against the heavy taxes levied by British started at Sabarmati Gandhi ashram at Ahmedabad ended at beach of #Dandi where Mahatma Gandhi defied British to access salt from sea and salt pans directly. The march that started with a handful of people became a massive peaceful congregation of more than 50000 people joining from all over. This act of defying became a civil disobedience movement where all began to disobey irrational British rules without being violent. The architecture of the museum denotes a salt mound and us aptly named #DandiKutir. The museum houses various life stories of Gandhi presented on screens, audio-visual projections, pictures and texts. This concrete conical shell has ramps and elevators that lead to three levels of the museum at #gandhinagar #gujarat @gujarattourism @dandikutir #incredibleindia #astonishingindia #travelpics #travelstories #indiagram #indiapics #storiesofindia #structuraldesign #travelwriter #travelstagram #instatravel #newstructure #engineering #architecture

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I believe "Life is short and the world is wide"and travel is best possible solution to make the best of this life. I am Shoma Abhyankar. Welcome to ASTONISHING INDIA.

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